Pumi language

Earlier works suggest there are two branches of Pumi (southern and northern), and they are not mutually intelligible. Ding (2014) proposes three major groups: Western Prinmi (spoken in Lanping), Central Prinmi (spoken in southwestern Ninglang, Lijiang, Yulong and Yongsheng) and Northern Prinmi (spoken in northern Ninglang and Sichuan). lists the following dialects of Pumi. • Northern • Sanyanlong 三岩龙 [Jiulong County] (B. Huang & Dai 1992) • Taoba 桃巴 [Muli County] (Sun 1991) • Shuiluo 水洛 [Muli County] (Jacques 2011) • Central • Wadu 瓦都 [Ninglang County] (Daudey 2014) • Niuwozi 牛窝子 [Ninglang County] (Ding 2001, etc.) • Southern • Dayang [Lanping County] (Matisoff 1997) • Qinghua 箐花 [Lanping County] (Sun 1991; B. Huang & Dai 1992) Sims (2017) reconstructs high tones and low tones for Proto-Prinmi. == Documentation ==

Transcribed, translated and annotated audio documents in the Pumi language are available from the Pangloss Collection. They concern Northern dialects of Pumi. == Phonology ==

The pinyin-based Roman script for Pumi has been proposed, but yet to be promoted. Tones: • Monosyllabic words • f – falling tone • v – high tone • none – rising tone • Polysyllable words • f – nonspreading of the high tone • v – spreading of the high tone to the next syllable • r – rising tone • none – default low tone == Grammar ==

A reference grammar of the Wadu dialect of Pumi is available online. == Example ==